The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, learning from the success of working together with the Citizen Bodies in various projects, recognized the need for greater public participation for good governance and better delivery of civic services. Thus, civic citizen partnership led to the birth of the concept of Advance Locality Management (ALM). ALMs provide a […]
Washington: The United States has intensified its operations in Afghanistan against the growing control of Taliban and ‘IS’ by carrying out 3 times more airstrikes in just one year. The airstrikes that are not only targeting the terrorists but also the narcotic trade has caused significant damage to Taliban and its affiliated terrorist groups, as […]
Washington: In the last two days, the currency ‘Bitcoin’ has taken a record leap by crossing the $ 9,000 mark. Bitcoin’s value has risen by 10 % in the last 24 hours, and on Sunday it reached $ 9,017.42. It has been revealed that the components like ‘Thanks Giving‘ of the United States and ‘Black Friday […]
New Delhi: China has hinted its willingness to rename the “China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)” project considering India’s objection. Last week, Luo Zhaohui, China’s ambassador to India, asserted that China is prepared to rename ‘CPEC’. Chinese Foreign Ministry has not denied Luo Zhaohui’s proposal. Therefore it is seen that China is ready to negotiate for […]
London: An UK daily has made a sensational claim that the torture of Saudi Arabia’s princes, arrested over the charges of corruption are still being continued. The report states that this torture is being carried out by a private company named Blackwater who undertake security related contracts. However, Blackwater has refuted this claim. Three weeks […]
Moscow: The industrial sectors in Russia should be prepared to fulfil the specific demands during war times, appeals the Russian President Vladimir Putin. In an International Convention held in Sochi, the President instructed about this in the light of the crisis in the gulf and the Korean territory. In the last week, a senior official […]
US senators, have strongly criticized China’s, ‘One Belt One Road, initiative’ saying that though large-scale investment in the basic infrastructure is the need of the Asian and African continents and various other parts of the world, yet the ‘One Belt One Road’ scheme of China is much more than what meets the eye. These highly […]
The commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces, General Joseph Aoun, has instructed Lebanon’s army to be fully prepared to face the Israeli enemy at the southern border. Just a few hours prior to that, Michel Aoun, the President of Lebanon, had warned that Israel might take advantage of the political turmoil in Lebanon and initiate […]
New Delhi: The Central government that had taken the decision to demonetize 1000 and 500 rupees currency notes last year, is all set to take an another important decision to encourage digital transactions. Pravin Khandelwal, secretary general of Confederation of all India Traders (CAIT), has expressed the possibility of central government announcing its decision to withdraw […]
United Nations Organisation: The UN meeting on “Convention on Conventional Weapons” witnessed increasing support for regulating laws and ban on “Killer Robots”. The ‘Group of Governmental Experts’ established by the UN on the subject of ‘Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems’ met last week. In this meeting it was agreed upon that the issue of ‘Killer Robots’ is […]